WooCommerce registers two user roles once activated, and grants additional capabilities to the
Admin:
manage_woocommerce for WooCommerce Settingsview_woocommerce_reports
People become
Customers when registering via the checkout or sign-up process.
Customers:
- Have read access only for most capacities. This is the equivalent status to a normal blog subscriber.
- Can edit their own account information.
- View past/present orders.
Shop Manager is a role you can give someone to manage the shop without making them an Admin. They have all the rights a customer has, and are granted the main capabilities:
manage_woocommerce: Gives shop managers the option to manage all settings within WooCommerce, and create/edit products.view_woocommerce_reports: Gives them access to all WooCommerce reports.
The
Shop Manager role has all the capabilities listed at our
WooCommerce GitHub repo.
They also have general WordPress editor capabilities.
If you wish to modify roles and capabilities, you can try the plugin
User roles editor – Add, Assign and Switch user roles
You can alternatively use a third-party plugin such as:
However, please note that WooCommerce Support is
not in a position to offer assistance on third party related issues/requests. This is also mentioned in our
support policy.